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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

If they are private we still have fig leaves that cover us because some rounds might raise debt vs. equity or might fund with terms like multiple liquidation preferences or full-ratchets or convertible notes with caps. But this is still all about valuations and none of it is any fun anymore.

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Down Rounds: Deal With Reality

Feld Thoughts

I like the quote she pulled out of me in our conversation. I don’t respond to many interview requests these days, but I’ll always talk to her. She has a good article today in TechCrunch titled Embrace the down round (it’s going to be okay, maybe). and a bunch of other things.

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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

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Because convertible debt deals often have both a ‘full ratchet’ and often have ‘multiple liquidation preferences’ “ Yup. The key for entrepreneurs to understand is whether it’s a “full ratchet” or a “weighted average ratchet.” Convertible notes have full ratchets.

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One Simple Paragraph Every Entrepreneur Should Add to Their Convertible Notes

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This is called a “full ratchet,” which is also historically a term that VCs would be crucified for trying to get away with but I’ll avoid talking about that in this post.]. If you raise at a lower price they will own more than 9%.

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Bad Notes on Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago.

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Abandoned Cart Email Offers: What We Learned from 1,000 Ecommerce Brands

ConversionXL

And discounts and offers within those emails are proven tactics for increasing conversions. If including an offer reliably increases conversions, you can always tailor your offer to fit your profit margin and maximize ROI. Sending only one offer email likely misses some conversion opportunities—though that’s what most brands do.

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Version 2.0 and why Series Seed Documents are better than capped convertible notes

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You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. I completely understand not wanting to put in an onerous full ratchet but the fact that there is no weighted average ratchet seems a bit bizarre. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Version 2.0 Looks like the Series Seed IRA (v 2.0)